Title 5 - Business Licenses and Regulations

5.51 Oil & Gas

5.51.030 Definitions.

The following terms as used in this chapter shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the respective meanings herein set forth. These definitions supplement those contained in Section 1.04.010.

To the extent that these definitions may conflict with those contained in 1.04.010, these definitions shall control:

  1. 1.
    Abandonment- Shall mean the plugging of a well, removal of equipment and the restoration of the site in compliance with this chapter.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 2.
    Applicant- Shall mean the person who represents the owner(s) or operator(s) and seeks, on their behalf, a permit pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 3.
    Blowout- Shall mean the uncontrolled discharge of gas, solid, or liquids, or combination thereof from a well.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 4.
    Blowout Preventor- Shall mean a mechanical, hydraulic or pneumatic, or other device, or combination of devices secured to the top of a well casing including valves, fittings, and control mechanism connected therewith which can be closed around the drill pipe, or which completely closes the top of the casing and is designed for and capable of preventing blowouts.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 5.
    Buffer- Shall mean an area of at least 165' inside a tract line in which no drilling or production related activities shall occur.

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  1. 6.
    Cement- Shall mean portland cement.

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  1. 7.
    CFR- Code of Federal Regulations.

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  1. 8.
    Circulating Mud Pit- The working pit from which the drilling muds are continuously recirculated during the drilling process into and from the drilling hole for the purpose of flushing there from the drill bit cuttings and as a lubricant to reduce torque, drag, heat, friction, and a differential sticking during the drilling process.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 9.
    Code- Overland Park Municipal Code.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 10.
    Code Administrator- Shall mean the executive official of the Building Safety Division, who is charged with the responsibility of administering and/or enforcing the building, electrical, fire, plumbing, and health and zoning ordinances of the City, and is synonymous with the term “Fire Official,” “Code Official,” “Building Official,” or “Enforcing Officer.”

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 11.
    Code Board of Appeals- Shall mean the Board of Appeals as set forth in the City’s adopted edition of the International Building Code as found in O.P.M.C. 16.100.100.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 12.
    Completion- The point at which drilling is terminated or at which time the formation is shot, perforated, or fractured, but before production commences.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 13.
    Corporation Commission- Shall mean the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 14.
    Desertion- Shall mean the leaving of equipment on a site beyond the prescribed time, the failure to plug a well as required, or the failure to restore the site as required.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 15.
    Disposal Well- Shall mean a well used for injecting brines or mineralized waters into permeable subsurface formations that do not contain fresh water in compliance with K.S.A. Chapter 55, Article 10, and K.A.R. 82-2-400, and any amendments thereto.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 16.
    Discharge- Shall mean the authorized spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, or emptying of oil.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 17.
    Drilling- Shall mean any digging or boring of a hole or well in the earth, whether for exploration or production, having the capability for producing oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon resources and shall also include disposal wells and redrillings of existing wells. In some instances when exploratory and production drilling are differentiated, such occasions are clearly expressed.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 18.
    Drilling Equipment- Shall mean all temporary structures, devices, and facilities necessary and incidental to the drilling or completion of a well.

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  1. 19.
    Enforcement Officer- See Code Administrator.

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  1. 20.
    Exploratory Drilling- Shall mean any drilling, including shot holes for seismic tests, that is done in pursuit of oil, gas, or other hydrocarbon resources.

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  1. 21.

    Fire Official- See Code Administrator.

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  1. 22.
    Gas- Shall mean the gaseous component or vapor occurring in or derived from petroleum or natural gas.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 23.
    K.A.R.- Kansas Administrative Regulations.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 24.
    K.S.A.- Kansas Statutes Annotated.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 25.
    Lessee- Shall mean the possessor of the right to exploit the premises for minerals.

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  1. 26.
    Lease- Shall mean the physical area to which mineral rights are held.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 27.
    Lessor- Shall mean the mineral rights owner.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 28.
    Tract Line- Shall mean the surface boundaries or legal description of the special use permit.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 29.
    Maintenance- Shall mean the repair and replacement of the parts of a structure to retain the designed safety and effectiveness of the structure and including those activities which are both routine and non-routine, that when performed will minimize the risk of any health, safety, or environmental hazards or nuisances being created.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 30.
    Mud- The drilling fluid used and recirculated through the drilling hole as a lubricant.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 31.
    NFPA- National Fire Protection Association, which publishes the National Fire Code.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 32.
    Oil- Shall mean and include the terms petroleum or crude oil of any kind or in any form.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 33.
    Operator- Shall mean the person, whether owner, lessee, or independent contractor, who is actually in charge and in control of the drilling, maintenance, operation or pumping of a well or lease.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 34.
    OPMC- Overland Park Municipal Code.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 35.
    Owner- Shall mean the person who owns a legal or equitable title in and to the surface of the lease.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 36.
    Permittee- Shall mean the person who represents the owner or operator and receives on their behalf a permit pursuant to the provision of this chapter.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 37.
    Plugging- Shall mean putting cement into the well in compliance with this Chapter and K.S.A. 55-128.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 38.
    Production- Shall mean oil or gas extracted from the well, and includes normal maintenance operations.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 39.
    Production Drilling- Shall mean any activity or drilling which is related to commencing production and shall also include any drilling that is done to facilitate extraction from another well by injection of fluids or gases, and shall also include drilling of disposal wells.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 40.
    Production Equipment- Shall mean all structures necessary and incidental to the production of oil or gas or disposal of brines and mineral water, including but not limited to pipes, tank batteries, and pumps.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 41.
    Redrilling- Shall mean the deepening of an existing well and shall also mean the re-opening of a well that has been abandoned.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 42.
    Reserve Pit- Any excavation, pit, or receptacle designed or actually used to receive, store, or hold rocks, drill bit cuttings, shale, sand, fresh water, or drilling mud which contains no salt water, oil, oil derivatives, caustics, acids, or other deleterious substances harmful to soil, vegetation, or injurious to animal or human life.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 43.
    Spill- See discharge.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 44.
    Structure- That which is built, constructed, or erected.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 45.
    Sump or Slush Pit- An excavation, pit, or water tight container, designed or actually used to receive, store or hold waste oil, oil derivatives, sand, salt water, or other waste products or deleterious substances produced or used in the drilling, swabbing, cleaning, or reworking of any oil, gas, or disposal wells.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 46.
    Suspension- Shall mean the approved or required temporary cessation of drilling.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. 47.
    Well- See drilling.

(History: Ord. OG-2464 §1, 2004; ROCR-2245 §3, 2001; OG-1165 §3, 82)

Effective on: 1/1/1901